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Stop building 'all-SSD' PCs: Why mechanical drives are still essential

You should still be buying hard drives in 2026 ...
Ars Technica

Safe to use magnet-tipped screw drivers near computer parts/hard drives?

So I've always thought that having magnets near hard-drives was bad for the hard-drives, yet these days all I see are magnet-tipped screw drivers. Even those "iFixit" branded ones, which are obviously ...
Ars Technica

Does static from the TV damage the computer/hard drives?

I just recently moved into a new place, and I'm considering placing my TV near my computer. Would static from the TV (either LCD or CRT; I can currently choose TVs of either type to use) damage the ...
Computer Weekly

Seagate uses HAMR to hit 30TB in Exos hard drives

Hard disk drive (HDD) capacities could double in the next few years, with a milestone achieved by Seagate that brings 30TB (terabyte) drives to the market. This quarter, Seagate will ship the latest ...
Computer Weekly

Toshiba shows 32TB HDDs with heat-assisted and shingled drives

Toshiba has demoed 32TB (terabyte) and 31TB hard disk drives (HDD) that use heat- and microwave-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR and MAMR) plus shingled drive tracks to boost capacity over existing ...
EDN

STMicroelectronics Introduces Highly-Integrated Control Chip for Computer and Consumer Electronic Hard Disk Drives

STMicroelectronics has announced a new hard disk drive (HDD) motor-control chip that integrates all of the circuits required to drive both the spindle motor and the voice-coil of the drives used in ...